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Music

Eric Owens (bass-baritone)

1970–

Eric Owens (born July 11, 1970) is an American operatic bass-baritone. He has performed both in new works and reinterpreted classic repertoire. In 1996 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Eric Sadler

early 1980s

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A black and white photograph of Eric Sadler. Sadler is pictured leaning against the back of a stage set up outdoors. He wears a white t-shirt tucked into a pair of jeans. His proper left side leans against the stage, both arms resting on the top of the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Eric Underwood (dancer)

1984–

Eric Underwood is an American British ballet dancer, model and actor. He was a soloist with The Royal Ballet until he left the company in August 2017. He was one of the few black dancers in the company.

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Arts & Performance

Eric Wesley

1973–

Eric Wesley (born 1973) is an American artist who works with a variety of media including sculpture and painting. He is based in Los Angeles.

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Music

Erica Ash

1977–2024

Erica Chantal Ash (September 19, 1977 – July 28, 2024) was an American actress, comedian, singer, and model. She was a cast member on the sketch comedy programs MADtv and The Big Gay Sketch Show, and she later starred in the Starz sitcom Survivor's Remorse.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Erica Campbell

1972–

Erica Monique Campbell (née Atkins; born April 29, 1972) is an American Gospel singer and songwriter. Specializing in the urban contemporary gospel, Christian R&B, and contemporary R&B genres, she started her music career in the late 1990s with her younger…

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Literature

Erica Dawson

1979–

Erica Dawson (born 1979) is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three poetry collections.

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Biography & Culture

Erica Deeman

1977–

Erica Deeman (born 1977 in Nottingham, UK) is a British visual artist of Jamaica descent considering the liminal and transitory spaces in which Black identities are formed. Deeman’s work is interdisciplinary in nature, and she creates in both physical and…

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Arts & Performance

Erica Hubbard

1979–

Erica Hubbard (born January 2, 1979) is an American actress and model. Hubbard grew up in Chicago. Hubbard is best known for her roles as Kiana Anderson in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee, Cassandra "Cassie" Sutton on the ABC Family series Lincoln…

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Film & Television

Erica Hunt

1955–

Erica Hunt (born March 12, 1955) is an American poet, essayist, teacher, and organizer from New York City. She is often associated with the group of Language poets from her days living in San Francisco in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but her work is…

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Literature

Erica Kennedy

1970–2012

Erica Kennedy (March 24, 1970 – c. June 13, 2012) was an American author, blogger, news correspondent, fashion journalist, and singer. Her 2004 novel Bling, became a New York Times bestseller.

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Arts & Performance

Erica Luttrell

Biography

Erica Luttrell is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Kara Cupper on Shining Time Station and Emelie Robeson on The New Ghostwriter Mysteries, and voicing Keesha Franklin in The Magic School Bus, Sapphire in Steven Universe, and Candy in Dave the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Erica Malunguinho

1981–

Erica Malunguinho da Silva (born 20 November 1981 in Recife) is a Brazilian politician elected into the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo on 7 October 2018 after receiving around 54,400 votes. She made history by being the first transgender person to be…

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Arts & Performance

Erica Tazel

1977–

Erica Tazel (born 1977) is an American theatre and television actress best known for the role of US Deputy Marshal Rachel Brooks in the FX television series Justified (2010–2015).

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Arts & Performance

Erica Watson

1973–2021

Erica Faye Watson (February 26, 1973 – February 27, 2021) was an American actress, comedian and writer. She is best known for her roles in Precious and Chi-Raq.

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Music

Erick Arc Elliott

1988–

Erick Elliott (born August 12, 1988), better known as Erick Arc Elliott or Erick the Architect, is an American rapper, singer, artist and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. A member of the hip hop trio Flatbush Zombies, Elliott has released multiple…

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Music

Erick Morillo

1971–2020

Erick Morillo (March 26, 1971 – September 1, 2020) was an American house DJ, producer, and record label owner. He produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers de la Funk, the Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, Deep Soul, Club Ultimate, and Li'l…

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Music

Erick Sermon

1968–

Erick Sermon (born November 25, 1968) is an American rapper and producer. He is best known as one-third—alongside Parrish Smith & DJ Scratch—of 1980s/1990s hip hop group EPMD and for his production work.

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Biography & Culture

Erickatoure Aviance

Biography

Erickatoure Aviance (or Ericka Toure Aviance) is an American nightlife personality, club host, clothing designer, fashionista, drag performer, recording artist, dancer, actor, singer, and songwriter. She is a member of the House of Aviance, one of the…

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Arts & Performance

Erik White

Biography

Erik White is an American music video director. In 2010, he made his feature film directorial debut with the comedy film Lottery Ticket, starring rappers Bow Wow and Ice Cube. He appeared on the reality show competition The Glee Project on the Oxygen network.

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Film & Television

Erika Alexander

1969–

Erika Rose Alexander (born November 19, 1969) is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and activist who played the roles of Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show from 1990 to 1992, and Maxine Shaw on the Fox sitcom Living Single from…

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Visual Arts

Erika Cosby

1965–

Erika Ranee Cosby (born April 8, 1965) is an American painter. She is the daughter of philanthropist Camille Cosby and comedian Bill Cosby.

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Literature

Erika Dickerson-Despenza

Biography

Erika Dickerson-Despenza is an American playwright. She won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2021 for her play, cullud wattah.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature & Journalism

Erika Renee Land

1983–

Erika Renee Land (born August 9, 1983) is an American war poet, 2021 MacDowell Fellow, author, spoken word performer, and motivational speaker. She has published two poetry collections that chronicle her experiences as a pharmacy technician while helping…

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